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From: salvis@iam.unibe.ch (Hans Salvisberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Keeping shareware out of the core newsgroups
Message-ID: <1990Feb23.155139.28321@iam.unibe.ch>
Date: 23 Feb 90 15:51:39 GMT
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Organization: University of Berne, Dept. of Computer Science
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In article <10252@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
 
>I don't want to pay to move shareware around, even if it's source code
>shareware.  If your product isn't good enough to *inspire me* to send
>you money or improve your software, don't badger me to pay for it.
 
Come on, did Lotus 1-2-3 inspire you to send your money? If you use it
and it serves your needs, I'd think it's good enough to make you willing
to pay a modest registration fee. If the author were Lotus you'd have
to fork over five times as much!
 
Hans Salvisberg
 
salvis@ahorn.iam.unibe.ch